D Phrygian Guitar Scale, Chords & Progressions (Open D Tuning)

The D Phrygian scale on guitar: scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: D Eb F G A Bb C

Tuning: Open D Guitar (D A D Gb A D)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

e|--1---3-----|
B|--0---1---3-|
G|--0---1---3-|
D|--0---2---3-|
A|--1---3---4-|
E|--1---3-----|

CAGED - A Shape

d |--7---8--10-|
A |--5---6---8-|
Gb|--5---7---8-|
D |--6---8---9-|
A |--8--10-----|
D |--7---8--10-|

CAGED - G Shape

d |--8--10-----|
A |--5---6---8-|
Gb|--5---7---8-|
D |--6---8---9-|
A |--8--10-----|
D |--7---8--10-|

CAGED - E Shape

d |-12--13--15-|
A |-10--12--13-|
Gb|-10--12--13-|
D |-11--13-----|
A |-12--13--15-|
D |-12--13--15-|

CAGED - D Shape

d |-13--15-----|
A |-10--12--13-|
Gb|-10--12--13-|
D |-11--13-----|
A |-12--13--15-|
D |-12--13--15-|

3NPS - First Position

d |-12--13--15-|
A |-10--12--13-|
Gb|-10--12--13-|
D |-11--13--15-|
A |-13--15--17-|
D |-13--15--17-|

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm	D F A	`x 5 3 3 5 3`
I	Dm	D F A	`x 5 3 3 5 x`
I	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 8 5 x`
I	Dm	D F A	`x 8 7 8 8 x`
II	Eb	Eb G Bb	`1 1 1 1 1 1`
II	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 4 6 x`
II	Eb	Eb G Bb	`1 1 1 4 x x`
II	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 8 9 6 x`
III	F	F A C	`3 3 3 3 3 3`
III	F	F A C	`x 8 7 6 8 x`
III	F	F A C	`3 3 3 6 x x`
III	F	F A C	`x 8 10 11 8 x`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`x 10 8 8 10 8`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`x 10 8 8 10 x`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`x 10 12 13 10 x`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`x 1 0 1 1 x`
V	Adim	A C Eb	`x 0 1 x x x`
V	Adim	A C Eb	`x x x x 0 1`
V	Adim	A C Eb	`x 0 1 3 0 1`
V	Adim	A C Eb	`x 0 1 3 3 1`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 4 1 x`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`8 8 8 8 8 8`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`x 13 12 11 13 x`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`8 8 8 11 x x`
VII	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 1 1 3 1`
VII	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 1 1 3 x`
VII	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 5 6 3 x`
VII	Cm	C Eb G	`x 6 5 6 6 x`

Arpeggios

Chords: Dm – Eb – F – Gm – Adim – Bb – Cm

d |------------------------7---10--8-------------------------------|------------------------------------7---------------------------|
A |5-------------------8---------------10--6-----------------------|----------------------------6---8-------8---5-------------------|
Gb|3-----------6---8---------------------------6---4---------------|--------------------3---6-----------------------6---3-----------|
D |3---3---7-------------------------------------------5-----------|3-----------1---3---------------------------------------3-------|
A |5-------------------------------------------------------6---5---|0-------3---------------------------------------------------5---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|3---7-----------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------------------8---------------------------|------------------------12--15--13------------------------------|
A |----------------------------8---10------10--6-------------------|10------------------13--------------15--12----------------------|
Gb|1-------------------4---8-----------------------8---4-----------|8-----------11--13--------------------------11--9---------------|
D |0-----------3---5---------------------------------------5-------|8---8---12------------------------------------------10----------|
A |1-------5---------------------------------------------------6---|10------------------------------------------------------12--10--|
D |5---8-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------5---7---3---------------------------|----------------------------7---8---5---------------------------|
A |--------------------3---6---------------6---3-------------------|--------------------5---8---------------8---5-------------------|
Gb|3-----------1---3-------------------------------3---------------|4-----------3---4-------------------------------4---------------|
D |1-------1-------------------------------------------3---1-------|0-------3-------------------------------------------5---3-------|
A |0---3-------------------------------------------------------3---|1---5-------------------------------------------------------5---|
D |10--------------------------------------------------------------|15--------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------5---8---7-------------------------------|
A |3-------------------6---------------8---5-----------------------|
Gb|1-----------4---6---------------------------4---3---------------|
D |1---1---5-------------------------------------------3-----------|
A |3-------------------------------------------------------5---3---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Dm – Eb – F – Gm – Adim – Bb – Cm

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------4-------6---4---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------3-------7---------------------------7-----------3-------|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|
A |5---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------3-------5-----------5-------3-------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|3-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------9-------11--9---------------------------|
D |--------------------------------3-------------------------------|--------8-------12--------------------------12----------8-------|
A |----------------5-------6-----------6-------5-------------------|10--------------------------------------------------------------|
D |5-------8-----------------------------------------------8-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
D |----------------1-------3-----------3-------1-------------------|----------------3-------5-----------5-------3-------------------|
A |0-------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|1-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------3-------4---3---------------------------|
D |--------1-------5---------------------------5-----------1-------|
A |3---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm7	D F A C	`x 8 7 6 8 x`
II	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 1 0 1 1 x`
II	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 1 0 1 x x`
II	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x x 0 1 1 0`
II	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x x 0 1 1 x`
III	F7	F A C Eb	`3 0 1 3 0 1`
III	F7	F A C Eb	`3 0 1 3 0 3`
III	F7	F A C Eb	`3 0 1 3 3 1`
III	F7	F A C Eb	`3 0 1 3 3 3`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 13 12 11 13 x`
V	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x 3 1 1 3 1`
V	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x 3 1 1 3 x`
V	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x 6 5 6 6 x`
V	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`5 6 5 6 x x`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 5 3 3 5 3`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 5 3 3 5 x`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 8 7 8 8 x`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`7 8 7 8 x x`
VII	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 4 6 x`

Arpeggios

Chords: Dm7 – Ebmaj7 – F7 – Gm7 – Am7b5 – Bbmaj7 – Cm7

d |------------------------10--13--12------------------------------|------------------------3---7---5-------------------------------|
A |8-------------------12--------------13--10----------------------|--------------------5---------------6---3-----------------------|
Gb|6-----------9---11--------------------------9---8---------------|4-----------3---4---------------------------3---1---------------|
D |7---7---10------------------------------------------8-----------|0---0---3-------------------------------------------1-----------|
A |8-------------------------------------------------------10--8---|1-------------------------------------------------------3---1---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|15--------------------------------------------------------------|

d |--------------------------------3---7---3-----------------------|------------------------15--------------------------------------|
A |------------------------3---6---------------5---3---------------|13--------------13--17------17--13------------------13----------|
Gb|--------------------3-------------------------------3-----------|11------11--15----------------------13--11----------11------11--|
D |3-----------1---3---------------------------------------3---0---|12--12--------------------------------------12------12--12------|
A |0---0---3-------------------------------------------------------|13----------------------------------------------13--13----------|
D |3---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------5---8---7-------------------------------|------------------------7---10--8-------------------------------|
A |3-------------------6---------------8---5-----------------------|5-------------------8---------------10--6-----------------------|
Gb|1-----------4---6---------------------------4---3---------------|3-----------6---8---------------------------6---4---------------|
D |1---1---5-------------------------------------------3-----------|3---3---7-------------------------------------------5-----------|
A |3-------------------------------------------------------5---3---|5-------------------------------------------------------6---5---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------8---------------------------------------|
A |6---------------6---10------10--6-------------------6-----------|
Gb|4-------4---8-----------------------6---4-----------4-------4---|
D |5---5---------------------------------------5-------5---5-------|
A |6-----------------------------------------------6---6-----------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Dm7 – Ebmaj7 – F7 – Gm7 – Am7b5 – Bbmaj7 – Cm7

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------8-------9---8---------------------------|------------------------1-------3---1---------------------------|
D |--------7-------10--------------------------10----------7-------|--------0-------3---------------------------3-----------0-------|
A |8---------------------------------------------------------------|1---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------11------13------15--13------11------------------|
D |------------------------0-------1---0---------------------------|--------12----------------------------------------------12------|
A |--------0-------3---------------------------3-----------0-------|13--------------------------------------------------------------|
D |3---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------3-------4---3---------------------------|------------------------4-------6---4---------------------------|
D |--------1-------5---------------------------5-----------1-------|--------3-------7---------------------------7-----------3-------|
A |3---------------------------------------------------------------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------4-------6-------8---6-------4-------------------|
D |--------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|
A |6---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`0 0 0 3 3 1`
I	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`0 0 1 3 3 0`
I	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`0 0 1 3 3 1`
I	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`0 0 1 3 3 3`
II	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`1 1 0 1 1 3`
II	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`1 1 3 1 1 0`
II	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`1 1 0 4 1 3`
II	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`1 1 3 4 1 0`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`5 0 0 3 0 3`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`5 0 0 3 5 3`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`5 0 0 4 0 3`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`5 0 0 4 5 3`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 1 0 3 3 0`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 1 0 3 3 3`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 1 3 3 3 0`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 1 0 3 3 x`

Arpeggios

Chords: Dm7b9 – Ebmaj9 – Gm9 – Bbmaj9

d |------------------------------------5---------------------------|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
A |----------------------------5---6-------6---3-------------------|----------------------------5---6-------6---3-------------------|
Gb|--------------------1---4-----------------------4---1-----------|--------------------1---4-----------------------4---1-----------|
D |1-----------0---1---------------------------------------1-------|1-----------0---1---------------------------------------1-------|
A |1-------1---------------------------------------------------3---|1-------1---------------------------------------------------3---|
D |1---5-----------------------------------------------------------|1---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------------------8---------------------------|------------------------3---7---5-------------------------------|
A |----------------------------8---10------10--6-------------------|--------------------5---------------6---3-----------------------|
Gb|1-------------------4---8-----------------------8---4-----------|4-----------3---4---------------------------3---1---------------|
D |0-----------3---5---------------------------------------5-------|0---0---3-------------------------------------------1-----------|
A |1-------5---------------------------------------------------6---|1-------------------------------------------------------3---1---|
D |5---8-----------------------------------------------------------|15--------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Dm7b9 – Ebmaj9 – Gm9 – Bbmaj9

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------0-------------------------------|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
A |----------------1-------3-----------3-------1-------------------|----------------1-------3-----------3-------1-------------------|
D |1-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|1-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------1-------3---1---------------------------|
D |--------------------------------3-------------------------------|--------0-------3---------------------------3-----------0-------|
A |----------------5-------6-----------6-------5-------------------|1---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |5-------8-----------------------------------------------8-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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